Beck Song Reader: All-Star Album Due 7/29

Last year Beck released an album that most people couldn’t listen to. Not because it was bad, but because it wasn’t a CD or LP or digital download – it was simply sheet music. Now, the Beck Song Reader will finally have a traditional release, this time featuring an all-star cast of musicians including Jack White, Fun., Norah Jones, Lord Huron, and of course Beck himself. The Beck Song Reader compilation album will be available this July 29th via Warby Parker/Capitol Records.

“Like a kid getting a special package in the mail and opening it up with anticipation, these interpretations of songs from the Song Reader book have surpassed what I could have imagined when putting the book together. The book addressed the idea of a song in its most elemental form, letting others give it a voice. It amazes me to hear how these musicians have made the songs their own and in the process revealed that the interpretation is the living breathing soul of the piece. These interpretations have made the book something new— something better.” —BECK